Fatima Alexander, 59, said nothing during her brief appearance at Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of kidnapping in the second-degree, endangering the welfare of a child, and unlawful imprisonment.

Judge Joanne Watters ignored a prosecutor’s request for $50,000 bail and instead ordered a psychological evaluation to test whether she is mentally fit to stand trial after Alexander’s court-appointed lawyer made the request.

Alexander was supposed to drop little Gabriella Russo off at school, the Preschool of America on Market Street in lower Manhattan on Tuesday, but wound up vanishing with the child for some 15 hours before showing up at the girl’s Battery Park City home 15 minutes after midnight where cops were waiting for her, authorities said.

Gabriella’s frantic parents called police after they were notified by the school that the toddler never showed up, police said.

According to prosecutors, Alexander said she and the tot went to the preschool and returned back to the child’s River Terrace apartment at around 11:15 a.m. for about 40 minutes before leaving again.

Gabriella Russo

Alexander, who lives in Flatlands, Brooklyn, also claimed that she “took a number of trains in an attempt to reach Central Park and could not find her way home,” according to a criminal complaint.

“The defendant gave statements to police as well as an ADA detailing her whereabouts saying she was on the train, but the records the People were able to obtain contradict where she said she was,” said Assistant District Attorney Heather Buchanan at the arraignment.

The District Attorney’s office is working to obtain Alexander’s cell phone records, prosecutors said.

Alexander is due back in court on June 16 for the results of her exam.